Skip to content- 1. Second son of JosephGen 41:52
- Adopted by JacobGen 48:5
- Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerningGen 48:14–20
- Descendants ofNum 26:35–371Ch 7:20–27
- Mourned for his sons1Ch 7:211Ch 7:22
- 2. A tribe of Israel
- Prophecy concerningGen 49:25Gen 49:26Isa 7Isa 9:18–21Isa 11:13Isa 28:1Jer 31Hos 5:14Zec 9:10Zec 10:7
- Numbered at Mount Sinai and in plains of MoabNum 1:33Num 26:37
- Position in camp and marchNum 2:18Num 2:24Num 10:22
- Blessed by MosesDeu 33:13–17
- Territory allotted to, after the conquest of CanaanJos 16:5–9Jos 17:9Jos 17:10Jos 17:15–181Ch 7:281Ch 7:29
- Failed to expel the CanaanitesJos 16:10
- Captured Beth-el in battleJdg 1:22–25
- Rebuked Gideon for not summoning them to join the war against the MidianitesJdg 8:1
- Joined Gideon against the MidianitesJdg 7:24Jdg 7:25
- Their jealousy of JephthahJdg 12:1
- Defeated by himJdg 12:4–6
- Received Ish-bosheth as king2Sa 2:9
- Jeroboam set up a golden calf in Beth-el1Ki 12:29
- Revolted from house of David1Ki 12:252Ch 10:16
- Some of tribe joined Judah under Asa2Ch 15:9
- Chastised Ahaz and Judah2Ch 28:7
- Joined Hezekiah in reinstituting the Passover2Ch 30:18
- Joined in the destruction of idolatrous forms in Jerusalem2Ch 31:1
- Submitted to the scepter of Josiah2Ch 34:1–6
- Envied by other tribesIsa 11:13Jer 7:15Ezk 37:16Ezk 37:19Hos 13:1
- Worshiped BaalHos 13:1
- Sin of, remembered by GodHos 13:12
- Reallotment of territory, to, by EzekielEzk 48:5
- Name of, applied to the ten tribes2Ch 17:22Ch 25:62Ch 25:7Isa 7:8Isa 7:9Isa 11:12Isa 11:13Isa 17:3Jer 31:18Jer 31:20Hos 4:17Hos 5:3Hos 5:5Hos 6:4Hos 6:10Hos 8:11Hos 12:14
- Tribe of, called JOSEPHRev 7:8
- 3. Mount of
- A range of low mountainsJos 17:15–18
- Joshua has his inheritance inJdg 2:9
- Residence of MicahJdg 17:8
- A place of hiding for Israelites1Sa 14:22
- Sheba resides in2Sa 20:21
- Noted for rich pasturesJer 50:19
- Prophecy concerning its conversionJer 31:6
- 4. A forest east of the Jordan River
- Absalom killed in2Sa 18:6–17
- 5. A gate of Jerusalem2Ki 14:132Ch 25:23Neh 8:16Neh 12:39
- 6. A city in the territory of Ephraim2Ch 13:19
- Jesus escapes to, from the persecution of CaiaphasJhn 11:54
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